Showing posts with label GRAMMYS '19. Show all posts
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February 11, 2019

Kacey Musgraves, Childish Gambino Lead Grammys With Four Wins Apiece. Country Singer Wins Best Album And Hip Hopper Wins Best Record. A Big Year for Women.




Kacey Musgraves won four awards for best country solo performance, best country album, best country song and album of the year.CreditCreditRobyn Beck/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images


NY TIMES

At a ceremony dominated by female performers and presenters, Kacey Musgraves won album of the year and Cardi B became the first woman to win best rap album as a solo artist.

At the beginning of the show, Alicia Keys, the host, introduced “my sisters”: Lady Gaga, Jada Pinkett Smith, Michelle Obama and Jennifer Lopez. Messages of inspiration and hope continued throughout.
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Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” won four awards and Gaga’s “Shallow,” from the movie “A Star Is Born,” won two.